My husband and I enjoyed staying in the Osprey Room, a queen size bed and room facing the water. The bed was comfortable and the setting, including their garden, was beautiful.
One of the parts we especially liked was that the couple who own this run Philip's Cafe/Bakery and Philip is a wonderful chef. When you stop at the bakery to pick up your keys, you receive a complimentary drink and a daily treat (and his selection of breads, desserts, cookies, and muffins are sublime!). Also, when you are ready for breakfast the next day, you come back to Philip's Cafe for any breakfast you care to order. That includes his homemade quiches which may be reason enough to stay at the Rosedale Manor!

The novelty of going to the bakery for breakfast and a treat is also a bit of a negative. There is no owner living in the home so that means there is no one there to facilitate conversations, ask questions, or with whom to converse. If it is a night where there are no other people around, the house has a bit of an empty, cold feeling. Most of the times we stay at a bed and breakfast, my husband and I enjoy a conversation with people who live there and feel that it helps us to know the area a bit better.

One huge thing that was very nice is that the owners told us we could use the phone at the house for any free calls to Canada or the U.S. Because of our mobile phone not working well in Newfoundland, this was a great offer.

One other reason we loved this was their recommendation to eat at the Three Sisters.
In fifteen days of Newfoundland and Labrador, this was absolutely the very best chowder I have ever had! The restaurant is lovely, service wonderful, and food indescribably delicious. Be sure and make a reservation during the busy season, however.

Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve is about an hour away and you surely don't want to miss Bird Island and seeing the gannets there---an absolute must see!

We'd stay at Rosedale Manor again and the hosts are extremely hospitable--they just do not reside at Rosedale Manor.